The Chronicler

VHS Diaries

2021

The filmmaker revisits the diaries she kept during the years when video was banned in Iran. Using her personal VHS archive of films as a point of reference, the film explores a very personal film history with audio interviews with film historians, film buffs and those involved in the film black market. This is the story of an underground subculture of cinephiles hiding amongst the first Iranian post-revolution generation, who pursued their love for cinema despite strict government restrictions and the threat of imprisonment.

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

2019 · ★ 6.3

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.

Terry's Little Village

2024

Terry Wilson is a 70-year-old lifelong resident of Meadowvale Village, Ontario's first heritage district. As development looms and begins to destroy Terry's favourite place in the world, he recreates pieces of history in his backyard, crafting an oasis where it feels like nothing has changed. A beautiful tribute to his childhood, his mother, and his town, Terry passionately fights to preserve history in a world that's too anxious for change.

The Beating Heart

★ 8

A few years after "I Don't Know If It's Everyone", Vincent Delerm continues his documentary and sensitive exploration of feelings in a second film, this time tackling the most vibrant of all: the feeling of love. Delerm operates alone and grabs his camera to explore women and men, anonymous, artists, acquaintances or friends, in the spring or winter of their lives, all dissimilar but all in unison when it comes to evoking with delicacy, emotion or humor their relationships with the vertigo of love.

Street Fighter II: Mastering Great Combinations and Strategies

1993

This instructional video shows players advanced combos and strategies for the video games "Street Fighter II Turbo" and "Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition".

Neirud

2023 · ★ 8.5

Neirud died shrouded in mystery, leaving behind no trace of her past. Confronting family secrets, the filmmaker pieces together the life of her enigmatic aunt, who toured Brazil as a wrestler in an underground all-female circus troupe throughout the 60s and 80s. As she investigates Neirud's controversial ring persona, Gorilla Woman, the filmmaker uncovers a taboo-breaking love story, revealing the surprising nature of Neirud's role in her own family.

B.B. und die Schule am Fluss

No synopsis available.

I Am: Celine Dion

2024 · ★ 7.6

A raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar's struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit.

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

2013 · ★ 7.5

Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.

Routine

2025 · ★ 10

An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and waking up.

Kim's Video

2023 · ★ 6.9

Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of rare films thanks to Kim's Video, a small empire run by Yongman Kim, an enigmatic character who amassed more than fifty thousand VHS tapes.

Le Premier Cri

2007 · ★ 6.1

Documentary about births around the different cultures and regions of the world.